Intercooler is a rock band out of

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Biography

Intercooler was formed by members of a

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band named Uncle Ecstasy. They have released three full-length albums - '' Old School Is The New School'' (released 2002, and re-issued, with a different track listing, in 2006), '' Forever Or Whatever'' (released in 2007), and '' Time To Let Go'' (released September 2011). Intercooler have also released two EPs - '' Goodness of the Girl'', and '' Dance of a Thousand Promises'' (2004). Intercooler was formed in 2001 when Damon Cox paired up with already established songwriting trio Phil Ballantyne, Joel Potter and Michael Caso (later replaced by Darek Mudge of

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). They all had the same affinity for rock music and so decided to form the band Intercooler as their genre was chosen for them. After completing their first album, Intercooler toured up and down the east coast of their home country of Australia, playing shows with the likes of

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, Dallas Crane, Peabody,

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, The Living End and claiming prime international support slots with

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, Gomez, Maxïmo Park, Preston School of Industry and The Delgados. Four songs from Intercooler's album '' Old School Is The New School'' were added to high rotation on national radio network

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, including live favourites "Goodness of the Girl" and "Leaflet". Videos were shot for two of the tracks and both enjoyed airplay on

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's '' Fly TV'', ''

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'' and also Channel Intercooler was responsible for knocking

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off the pole position on Fly TV's buzz clip of the week, as voted by viewers. Intercooler continued on to play the

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leg of the Big Day Out and

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music festivals in 2003. Their first

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tour commenced in September of the same year. They supported Red Hot Chili Peppers and

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at their

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show plus appeared at

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's renowned Summerjam festival. The tour also included their own club shows in

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and more. 2004 saw the release of the EP '' Dance of a Thousand Promises'' which spent 41 weeks in the top 20 of the Australian Independent Charts and had two songs added to high rotation nationally. Videos for "Cream Puff" and "If I Try" both enjoyed airplay on

, MTV Australia and Channel The video for "Carving Others", from their '' Forever Or Whatever'' album, was released in February 2007. Their music video for "You're Not Gonna Hurt Us Again" was a Finalist for 'Best Music Video' at the Australian Effects & Animation Awards. Directed by Michael Ebner the video stars pro skateboarding star,

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and screened at Dendy Cinemas, Rage and other music channels.

Side projects

* Darek Mudge played lead guitar for

, one of

's longest serving bands, from 2000 - 2003 and intermittently thereafter. * In 2005 Damon Cox co-founded

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with

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(guitars and vocals) and Duey Coert (bass). * Beginning 2007 Damon Cox also comprises

An Horse An Horse is an Australian indie rock band, originally from Brisbane, Australia. The band is a duo, composed of Kate Cooper on guitar/vocals and Damon Cox on drums/backing vocals. To date, An Horse has released three full-length albums: ''Rearr ...

along with Kate Cooper of Iron On.

Discography

Albums

* '' Old School Is the New School'' - Rhythm Ace Records /

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(2002, re-issued in 2006 with different track listing and bonus tracks) * '' Forever or Whatever'' - Plus One /

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(24 February 2007) * '' Time To Let Go'' - Plus One / Shock Records (20 September 2011)

EPs

* '' Dance of a Thousand Promises'' - Plus One /

(October, 2004)

Singles

* " Goodness of the Girl" - Rhythm Ace Records /

(September, 2002)Discogs - ''Goodness of the Girl'' - 2002 maxi-single CD, Rhythm Ace (RA107) Australia
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External links

Official Intercooler website

Official Intercooler MySpace page

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Intercooler Australian indie rock groups Musical groups from Brisbane Musical groups established in 2001 2001 establishments in Australia